Mattress-wrapping machine



Feb. 2o, 1923.

R.J.ELL$VVORTH MATTRESS WRAPPING MACHINE File-d oct. 26, 1921 2 sheets-sheen 1 Feb.2o,1923. f y 1,445,876.

R. J. ELLswoR'n-l l MATTRESS WRAPPING MACHINE Filed om. 2e, 1921v 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Feb. 20,1923..

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, Apfucanneiea'entete; 251921, `siftingairieezal'` Trapping Machines, of whichtlle 'QllQWiig.

isaspecication. t The object of my invention isto providea simple, eflicient and durable machine for wrapping mattresses so thatthe. same may be carefully andproperly wrapped in a ,sanitary manner. This Objectis accomplished by my inventiom'twol embodiments of which are hereinafter moreparticularly yset forth.

For a more detailed description of my in' vention, reference is tobehadtothe accom- H i panying drawings, forming a part hereof, in

Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views of one embodiment of' afhand machine embodying my invention.` ,f

Figure 3 isa plan View of aportion of the same, andy, -Y

Figure 4 shows a, detail vof construction.

Figures 5 and 6 are sectional Views of a machine using power, Figure 5 being taken on the line 5-5 of Figure G.

Throughout the Various Views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts. i

In the machine shown in the first four views in thedrawings of this case, a hand power machine is shown with alixed table. In the remaining views a power machine is employed with a movable table, as will appear below.

Referring to thefirst four lgures,1 indi- Cates the machine with a table top 2 sup- Aported by any suitable legs 3. At one end of the machine are brackets 4: which carry a roll 5 of paper of a suitable kind which is first spread on the table top 2 and this paper is made long` enough to :tall over the end of the table, as shown at (3.4 A'mattress 7 is then placed on the paper 6 and allowed to rest thereon in a flat 4condition with o-ne end near the vertical guides 8 and 9 and between the same. The guide 8 consists of two uprights which are inwardly flanged so as to guide a roller 10 for apurpose which will appear below. The guide 9` has two parallel uprights which are not flanged, but which are united at their lower ends and hinged by a hinge 11 to the lower edge of the table top 2. The guides 9 are on opposite lon the table top Q and liee@ saaie aanefiaj The @ilario-fadi@ the bar l14 being'lixed the roller 12, vand the bar 1a is slijdably mounted' in a suitable socket attached tOi" their'o'llerl 12. These two are connected 'byv two parallel Affbar'sl 13 "and l4l-,` the bar 13 vbeing' fixedtothe roller.y 10 and para apaaedjhyfth ihfikiies ofthe mattress 7. l g yg 5. ,The roller 110 is! wmestedby infestation 15 with a "handle V 1 (3 vbyrneans l@of which.

when the ,maare-s 7y islet pimenter the bar13 theffb'arv 14' is placedover the saine. and' runs laterally thereof/and vthe guide 9 is' allowed to y'swing i on l`the f h'inge 11" and` is y held in placel by the -pin '17 .""It will be un;

derstoo'd that this pin not -only' Ipasses through the guidesf9, but' `also through the l fixed ears 1S-which aresecuredrto the said table tOp'ZE/l-hen the handle v1G` isturned the rollers l1 0 andv 12 are turnedwabout their centers "which are" in the yairis about "which the bars 13a-ncl 14 are turned, This axis will separate from the table top 'I2 as the roll axis to riseproperly. *The handle 16 "is" turned until the mattress 7 is rolled a substantiall amountv and then .the `end of the paper 6 is placed over the same and the rolling is c ontinuedso that the mattress and I paper areV rolledtogether. When `the Inattress is nearly rolled a brush with glue thereon is run across the paper on top of the rolll in a proper position' so that whenthe'mat" tress is completely rolled thefresh glue comes in contact with the paper beyond the end of the mattress v and free of thesame.

and then the guide I9 is allowed to fall by swinging on the hinge 11 and the roller `12 When the mattressis so pulled the edges 19 The paper is then cut and the pin 17 is removed r` of the paper, which is wider than the mattress, are folded on the ends of themattress and then the mattress is sealed, by means of discs which are secured vto these folded over ends `so that the mattressis wrapped with a goodstrong wrappinglin acleanand sani.`

tary manner.` 'Thereafter more ,paper is pulled through and a new `mattress is put,

the cycle of operations is repeated. c A

In the embodiment ofmy invention shown in Figures 5`and 6, the tabletop 2 is not- 8.0 increasesand the` guidesf and 9l cause' this ixedly mounted, but is moivablymounted Las it is pivot-ally mounted on a 'pivot 2O 'which is so arranged that one end of the l'table is farther removed from 'the pivot #than the other so as to over balance near the rolling part of the apparatus. Toeounter balance this, a spring 21 connects this table topd 2 with the floor 22. The 'roller ''an'd brackets 4 are the same as before -andso is the paper'end 6 which 'is brought-over the end of the table remotefromthe roller 5. A 'ma-ttr'ess 7 restson'the table top 2 and has its end asfshowln'betveen the bars '13 and 14 Which are 'the same `as before `except 'that the bar 13 is iiXed-in-a hub'23 'wvhiehislmounted 'to turn ina suitablebearin'g24 "which 'rests on the {ioor 22 andis driven by Va-suitaf-bl'e'pulley 25 vwhich is connected Ito any suitable source ofpo'we'r. The'bar 14 is 'lixed in a roller 12 the same as before, except that the guide 9 is 'carried by tthe f1oor'22 instead-0f the table 2 so that the table can riseand "faihwithout interfering with the guide. The end ofthe i table ,2 near the bars 18 and 14 is provided with a strap or other ymeans 26 vwhich pre vents the table from rising too far fand it also has a hook 27 'suspended therefrom. Whichis ladapted t0 'engage with an eye 28 securedto the floor 22 so that the table end may be heid 'in its lowered position, if so desired.

In this embodiment of my invention Athe operation of rolling'the mattress 'isprecisely .the same as before, except that instead of y another', -thetable 2 'is-lowered While the axis of rotation'of the bars 13 and 14: remains at the samev level.

Vhile I have shown and described two embodiments of my invention, it is obvious that it is not vrestricted thereto, but that it is broad eno-ugh `to cover all structures that come 'Withinthe scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim is: .c

1. mattress rolling machine composed of a`tabvle,means "for gripping` and rolling,- a mattress and means forpermitting'a separation ot the table and mattress rolling means as the vroll 'increases in size. p

2. A mattress rolling vmachine Composed of a'ta'ble With'means "for deli-Vering paper at oneend and means 'for gripping and rolling' a `mattress at the other and means i'or permitting va separation of the mattress rolling,`

means yand table as the roll increases 'in 

